Teaching Young Children a Theory of Nutrition: Conceptual Change and the Potential for Increased Vegetable Consumption

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1541-1553

  Gripshover, Sarah J ^a   Markman, Ellen M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; health; intervention; science education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENCE EDUCATION; VEGETABLE;

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; INTERVENTION; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84881244126     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612474827     Document Type: Article

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